BAE to improve communications and connectivity of US Navy.

BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year, $US 80 million contract from the US Navy to maintain and enhance the communications and the connectivity of the US Navy and the Joint forces across the Pacific.

Communications systems (Picture source : BAE Systems)

According to BAE, the company will continue to provide permanent operations and maintenance support for afloat and ashore command, control, long-range communications, computer and intelligence systems. All of this will enable the Navy and its allies to effectively communicate and operate across the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

This contract also includes the extension of the servicing of the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System, which is a military communications satellite system offering enhanced and secure communications (voice, video and data) for all branches of the Department of Defense.